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neotoma (version 1.4.0)

Access to the Neotoma Paleoecological Database Through R

Description

Access paleoecological datasets from the Neotoma Paleoecological Database using the published API (http://api.neotomadb.org/). The functions in this package access various pre-built API functions and attempt to return the results from Neotoma in a usable format for researchers and the public.

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install.packages('neotoma')

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1.4.0

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Simon J Goring

Last Published

September 25th, 2015

Functions in neotoma (1.4.0)

get_contacts

Get contact information.
get_dataset.site

Obtain dataset information from an existing site object.
get_dataset.geochronologic_list

Obtain dataset information from an object of class geochronologic_list.
browse.dataset

Open a browser window to display a Neotoma dataset within the Neotoma Explorer
download

A class for download objects.
browse.download_list

Open a browser window to display a Neotoma dataset within the Neotoma Explorer
browse.default

Open a browser window to display a Neotoma dataset within the Neotoma Explorer
get_table

Get Neotoma value tables.
get_chroncontrol.download

Function to return chronological control tables from a download object.
get_dataset.download

Obtain dataset information from an existing download object.
get_dataset

Obtain dataset information from the Neotoma Paleoecological Database or an existing object.
get_contact

Get contact information.
translate.table

A table to convert the original taxa to standardized lists.
get_chroncontrol

Function to return chronological control tables used to build age models.
get_chroncontrol.default

Function to return chronological control tables from a chronologic ID.
get_site.geochronologic_list

Return Site Information from a geochronologic_list
get_chroncontrol.download_list

Function to return chronological control tables from a download_list object.
compile_downloads

Function to convert multiple downloads into a single large table.
get_publication.default

A function to get publications for sites or datasets in the Neotoma Database using the API.
get_publication.dataset_list

A function to get publications for dataset_lists in the Neotoma Database using the API.
get_datasets

Obtain dataset information from the Neotoma Paleoecological Database.
compile_taxa

Function to convert assemblage taxa to standardized lists.
get_site

Return Site Information.
get_download.site

Function to return full download records using a site.
get_taxa

Get taxon information from Neotoma.
get_site.download_list

Return Site Information from a download_list
get_site.dataset_list

Return Site Information from a dataset_list
param_check

Internal function to check passed parameters.
get_download.default

Function to return full download records using numeric dataset IDs.
get_geochron

Function to return geochronological data from records.
counts

Access proxy count data
pollen.equiv

A table to convert the pollen taxa identified by investigators to standardized lists.
get_download.dataset

Function to return full download records using a dataset.
get_site.default

Return Site Information.
get_publication.dataset

A function to get publications for datasets in the Neotoma Database using the API.
taxon.list

Neotoma taxon list
write_agefile

Write age control file to disk formatted for either Bacon or Clam
get_sites

Return Site Information.
browse.dataset_list

Open a browser window to display a Neotoma dataset within the Neotoma Explorer
get_dataset.geochronologic

Obtain dataset information from an object of class geochronologic.
get_download

Function to return full download records using sites, datasets, or dataset IDs.
get_dataset.download_list

Obtain dataset information from a download_list.
get_dataset.default

Obtain dataset information from the Neotoma Paleoecological Database or an existing object.
get_publication.download_list

A function to get publications for datasets in the Neotoma Database using the API.
get_publication

A function to get publications for sites or datasets in the Neotoma Database using the API.
get_publication.download

A function to get publications for downloads in the Neotoma Database using the API.
gp.table

A list of all the geopolitical entities in the Neotoma database.
bind

Function to bind objects together into a longer object.
browse

Open a browser window to display a Neotoma dataset within the Neotoma Explorer
browse.download

Open a browser window to display a Neotoma dataset within the Neotoma Explorer
get_download.dataset_list

Function to return full download records using a dataset_list.
get_site.download

Return Site Information from a download
get_site.dataset

Return Site Information from a dataset
get_site.geochronologic

Return Site Information from a geochronologic